At a town council meeting Thursday night, Starwood Land Ventures Vice President Matthew Barry said Tri-Town either doesn't know or chooses not to provide the facts.

"In the absence of a solution, in the affront of Monday night, we would rather work with the principals, the three towns who would benefit" from the SouthField development, Barry said. "It's hard to negotiate with people who are not telling the truth."

During Monday night's meeting, Tri-Town board Chairman Joseph Connolly said Starwood was unwilling to meet with the board and was deliberately stalling the project. He also said Starwood was ignoring potential commercial tenants referred to Starwood by Tri-Town.

Barry, who was in the audience Monday, said the company has not received an invitation to a Tri-Town board meeting, but has attended the past three board meetings.

They have also held private meetings with Tri-Town officials on three other occasions in the past two months.

"I'm open to meeting with them," Barry said of the Tri-Town board.

As for stalling the development, Barry said, "I don't know of any business that purposely stops revenues."

He noted five land sales in the past year as well as 102 units of housing and 6,642 square feet of commercial space currently under construction.

Barry said Starwood has not received any leads on firms seeking commercial space from Tri-Town.

He also said Tri-Town officials altered one of the slides in its Monday presentation before sending a copy to the council.

Criticism of Tri-Town was echoed by council members.

"I'm outraged at some of the things I've heard," said Town Councilor Thomas Lacey. "Tri-Town is ineffective and has no accountability. Its track record is poor. We need to take this stuff back."

Town Councilor Brian McDonald said the only way to move the development forward is legislation that would strip power from Tri-Town, and shift tax revenue and the responsibility for services to Weymouth, Abington and Rockland.

McDonald said Tri-Town officials are "totally lacking in credibility, in my view. They are just stringing this thing out, and it makes no sense."

Other councilors said they were frustrated that no solution has been found for the development's future water and wastewater needs.